Lady&#39;s dress garment



Jan. 25, 1949. Q -r m 2,460,253

LADY'S DRESS GARMENT Filed Oct. 14, 1948 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 INVENTOR Y ATTORNEYS Jan. 25, 1949. c. GOLDSTEIN LADYS DRESS GARMENT SSheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 14, 1948 INVENTOR iii'fifein ATI'OREYS Jan. 25, 1949. 7 Q GQLDSTEIN 2,460,253

LADY'S DRESS GARMENT Filed Oct. 14, 1948 5 Sheets-Sheet s INVENTOR Char/0512 Gofais'iedm I ATTORNEYS C. GOLDSTEIN Jan. 25, 1949.

LADY S DRESS GARMENT 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Oct. 14, 1948 I INVENTOR c'lmfizozzz aohkm BY I age, $441.6 1%

. ATTORNEYS Jan. 25, 1949. c. GOLDSTEIN 2,460,253

LADYS DRESS GARMENT Filed Oct. 14, 1948 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 lNVENT OR 9: ATI'O R N EYS Patented Jan. 25, 1949 LADYS DRESS GARMENT Charlotte Goldstein, New York, N. Y assignor.

to Laurel Fashions, Inc., a corporation of New York Application October 14, 1948, Serial No. 54,373

Claims.

My present invention relates to ladies garments and while shown embodied as a ladys blouse is also applicable to ladies dresses, and

suits.

It is among the objects of this invention to provide a ladys blouse that may be readily fashioned by stitching together a small number of pattern-cut blanks of fabric which have special fabric parts so conformed and arranged as to admit of great versatility for a great variety of difierent attractive style effects in the manner of wear of one and the same garment, such effects including among many others, that of a blouse with a V-neck, a turtle neck, a shawl collar, a petal leaf collar, a floating collar, a bow tie, a twin twisted lateral bow, twin buds and a jabot.

Another object is to attain many of numerous possible-style efiects in the manner of wear of one and the same blouse and this without equip,- ping the garment with fasteners of any character whatsoever and without resort to stitching, but by simply draping or arranging, folding or inter-folding, knotting or inter-knotting, or tying the special fabric elements of the garment and to attain any of numerous other style effects with the aid of an ordinary pin and any of numerous still further style effects by correlating the special fabric parts of the garment with articles of costume jewelry commonly worn by womankind.

According to the invention the blouse, which may otherwise be of any of various conventional types is characterized by a pair of wedge-shaped wings or flaps which are so constructed and so arranged at the neck line of the garment as to admit of being draped, folded or inter-folded, knotted or inter-knotted, or so correlated by the wearer with costume jewelry as to produce any of a multiplicity of different style effects, each of which effects the wearer can produce without assistance in a few seconds, upon donning the garment.

In the accompanying drawings in which are shown one or more of various possible embodiments of the several features of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the donned garment in one of its numerous modes of wear.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the garment as laid flat upon a table. a

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the pattern-cut blanks from which the garment is fashioned.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the garment L Russian blouse effect.

Fig. 5a is a rear view of the embodiment of Fig. 14 is a view similarto Fig. 4 showing an illustrative mode of wear of the garment of Figs. 1 to 3 with aid of an ordinary pin and, I

Figs. 15 to 25 inclusive each shows a distinct style of blouse draped by the wearer in connection with one or more articles of costume jewelry that serves to support or retain the garment of Figs. 1 to 3 in the particular draped condition shown.

Referring now to the drawings, the garment in one of its preferred embodiments is made up of a number, of pattern-cut blanks of suitable fabric such ashylon, silk, rayon or cotton which may, beof plain coloror of any design. The blanks comprise a back panel 30 and two identical front panels 3| and 32. g

The back panel is of more or less conventional shape and has a rear neck edge 33, sloping shoulder edges 34, curved side edges 35 and arm hole edges-36, intervening between the shoulder and side edges. Preferably the back panel is shaped by folding inward along two pairs of dot and dash lines 38 rising fromthe'lower edge 31 and stitching together along upright dart lines 39.

Each of the two identical panels 3!, 32 making up the front of the garment has a shoulder edge 40, an armhole edge 4|, below which extends the side edge which includes acurved upper portion 42, a short horizontal portion 43 and an upright edge 44. The fabric of each front panel is desirablyefolded inward along dot and dash lines 45 extending obliquely from edge portions 42 and 43 and stitched together to form a dart 43. The curved edge 42 being brought by the dart into alignment with the upright edge Ml, the side edge 42, 44 is now stitched along its full length to the" corresponding curved side edge 35 of back panel 30. The corresponding shoulder edges 34 and 40' of rear and side panels are stitched' together. The side edges 4'! opposed to edges 45 of the two identical front panels are stitched. together (preferably before stitching to the back panel), thereby forming a median upright'seam '48 (Fig. 2) at the front of the garment, which seam extends from the lower edge 49 to the lower end or vertex 5!] of the generally V-shaped neckline of the garment. Preferably a narrow arcuate facing strip 5| is stitched along the inner face of the rear neck line 33.

The garment which as. thus fardescribed is substantially;conventional .is of course suitably hemmed in manner obvious and that need not be described.

According to the invention a wedge shaped elongated wing or flap 5| extends obliquely outward from and preferably as apart integral with that upper corner of each front panel 3!, 32 which is at the midline of the garment. Substantially the entire width of the root of each wing extends along the corresponding :side ;of the V-shaped neckline. Desirably as shown, one edge of the wing extends as aslight S or *ogee curve 52 generally upward and outward from the vertex 50 of the neckline, which presents a V-shaped neckline when thegarment is donned substantially as shown in Fig. 1 and the wings allowed to hang freely. The other edge 53 of each wing extends straight and nearly parallel to and somewhat below'the shoulder edge 40 of the panel, a curved edge Mat the .rootend of the Wing edge connecting it to the neck end 56 of the shoulder edge 40. Thelateral edges 52 and 53 ofeach wing intersect at an acute apex angle or point 55. es'irably, the length of the wingis at least equal to the width of its root shown by ,the dotted line extending from 5!! to 56 inFig. 3 and the extremities of said edge 52 are nearly equidistant from .point 50.

When the garment is'laid one table as nearly flat as possible, the wings 5| .rise as shown in Fig. 2, directly upward from the vertex of the V-shaped neckline at which their roots are connected together. .The edges .52 which are the inner edges of the two wings lie in juxtaposition in substantial alignment with the .central upright seam 48 as shown in Fig. .2, and the other or outer edges .53 of the wings extend obliquely upward from therespective shoulders.

The wings are of length such as to admit of being tied at .their ends in back of the neck in some of various possible-effects to be described below. For all these effects, the vertex 50 0f the V-shaped neckline from which the wings riseis preferably approximately 7 inches below .the neck end .of the shoulder seam, and the wing rises approximately ten or eleven inches or more from said .neck end. The entireinner up. right edge 52 of the wedge shaped wing, from the vertex 5!) to apex .55may be about .18 inches long. In practice-the distance from the point 56, (the inner or neckline end ,of the shoulder seam) to the .point 50 (the vertex end of the neckline) is about eleven inchesand the distance from said point 56.130 the apex v55 of the wing is approximately the same length .but preferably an inch or .so longer. All .of the foregoing dimensions would be decreased for the smallest size of .blouse and increased for the largest of the three sizes .in which the garment .is usually made and are set forth .herein for complete :ness of disclosure .andnot by wayof limitation. .Preferably the front panels'3l and. arebias .cut as-sug estedeinFigs. 2 and.3, and since the wings .5l ;do not extend at a 45 degree angle to the length of .said panels, the .fabric thereof alsois somewhat onihe'bias for a purpose that will more fully appear hereinafter.

In order :to afford :sufficient weight or body and the needed finish to both ;fac.es of the wings 5|, each 'of said wings is equipped with a liner 5'! desirablyof the same fabric and color asthe rest of the garment, but optionally of different fabric, color or design, stitched in place along the entire vertical inner edgei52 and oblique outer edge #53 of the corresponding wing but theroot edge of said liner 5'! is preferably unattached between its ends.

The structure of the garment with its special wings having been described, some of the numerous modes of wear thereof will now be briefly set-forth.

Fig. 1 shows the garment as donned, with each wing folded longitudinally outward along line 58 and with the pointed end 59 thereof obliquely folded forward and depending from fold line 60 'to'producethe effect of short wings over-lapping and depending ,from the upper oblique edges of a pair of lapelsthat define a V-neck rising from the vertex .59.

In Fig. 4 the two wings are shown loosely knotted together near their root ends adjacent the front of the neckat 61 with the points 62 of the wings hanging laterally from the knot, and the neck substantially closed. -The effect is 'thatofabow-blouse.

In Fig. 5 the wings are folded one over the other, obliquely upward and rearward about the neck aslat 82 and-their points are tied together as at 63 in Fig. 511 at the rear of the neck. A Russian blouse effect is thus produced at the front as shownin'Fig. 5.

In Fig. 6 theentire length of eachwing is twisted as at 64, the twisted wings are drawn around the neck and their points are tiedtogether as at 63 in Fig. 5a at the rear of the neck, to produce aclosed collar effect. v

In Fig. 7 the pendant wings are reversely coiled'vertically for their outer edges '53 to extend each as a loop laterally of the neck line vertex '50 and the points .of the wings are tied together as at 65 slightly above the vertex 5!! to produce still a different effect. I

rear of the neck, again as in Fig. 5a.

In Fig. '10 eachof the wingsds loosely knotted near its root as at 61 at the front .to produce a bud effect with the point .68 of each wing hanging downward in the manner of a leaf, the twin buds flanking the open V -neck.

In Fig. 11 each wing is coiled as a scroll 69 to flank the open V-neck for stillanother effect.

In Fig. 12 one of the wingsis folded as a collar Ill about the neck and the other is draped obliquely upward at H, the two Wings being tied together near their points at the backof the neck to produce a turtle collar. effect.

In Fig. 13 the point end 1.2 ofeach of. the wings is coiled under the root part 13 of the wing in pendant position along the oblique bending line M with saidpointed ends l2 crossinginsiiperposed relation 1for.-another V-neck collar .efiect. .InFig. 14 one of the wings illustrativelythat at the right .is twisted lengthwise .and its ends are pinnedtogether to form aropering l5 lying against the body at the neck, through which ring thepther wing '16 is passed to depend therefrom. In Fig.,15 the wings aredrawn upward through a'necklace and turned downward over the necklace and reversely folded upward, with the points '59 of the wings depending from the front in a closed neck ruff collar effect. V

In Fig. 160m of the Wingsis folded in back of the collar along fold line and tucked under the back of the garment, while the other wing 8i is passed through a necklace to hang from one side thereof in a petal effect.

--In Fig. 17 a jewelry ring 82 is used through .which both wings are passed, the ring being drawn upwardly as far as it will go frictionally to be held adjacent the neck by the bunching of the wing roots therein, the main length of the wings hanging downward from the ring as at 83.

- In Fig. 18 a ring 82 is similarly used with both wings directed toward one side, so that while the ring embraces the root of wing 84, it'embraces a part well above the root of wing 85. Substantially the full lengthof wing'84 thus hangs from drawn upwardly through a necklace to hang.

downward therefrom for another effect.

' In Fig. 20 the wings are loosely tied together immediately belowIthe-neck as at 81 to close the -V-ne'cl for their pointed ends to extend laterally as at 88,one at a' higher level than the other,

and said pointed ends 89 may be held in place by costume jewelry pins 89illustratively shown connected by a' chain90.

In'Fig. 21 the two wings are'turned upwardly at each side of the neck directly under a neck- -lace, exposing'the necklace therebetween and are 'then drawn outward transversely around the necklace as at 86 for the effect of an interrupted ruffled collar with the V-neck exposed below the necklace.

In Fig. 22 the inner edges 52 of the two wings are brought together in side by side, abutting relation at the front and are pinned in place by stick pins 8'! to afford a jabot effect.

In Fig. 23, one of the wings 88 is folded in back of the neck for a'closed neck efiect while the other wing is coiled into a cornucopia at the bosom and its pointed end 83 is attached by a brooch 90.

" In'Fig. 24 each wing is folded back for a lapel effect at 9i and then reversely curved over the collar bone in a shoulder loop 92, the end of which 'extends over the shoulder, the two ends being tied together in back. The trough of each open loop is attached to the front of the garment by a brooch 93.

g In Fig; 25 the wings are passed under a necklace, tied together at the front as at 94, the rear ends are tied together behind the neck and the main areas are flared laterally as at 95 over the necklace for a floating collar effect.

The drawings thus show twenty-two (22) typical style effects in addition to that of Fig. 1 in which the blouse shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 may be worm The blouse though devoid of buttons, fastening hooks; slide fasteners or the like is thus shown sto admit of. the numerous efiects illustrated in the drawings, each or" which isreadily produced by draping, folding or knotting the individual i wings,ior by interfolding or interknotting and tying the wings as described. Many of these 'efiect's as for instance those of Figs. 4 to 13 inclu- :sive are produced without resort to any extraneous securing or. holding means.

effects such as that of Fig. 14 are shown to be produced with the aid of asingle pin. The style effects of Figs. 15 to 25 are produced as described with the aidof-costume jewelry. For none of these effects is any stitching required or need Additional Style same garment the blouse be made with fasteners such as snap fasteners, slide fasteners or the like. Each of the effects is produced in but a few seconds by the wearer herself after the garment has been donned and by simple manipulation of the wings in the manner above set forth and without assistance.

In each of those embodiments in which the pointed end of one or both wings is exposed to view, as for instance in Figs. 4, 10, 11, 13 to 20 inclusive, 22 and 23, the slightly bias cut wing..-

with its inner curved or 'ogee shaped edge 52 and its outer straight edge 53 automatically drapes itself in a graceful asymmetrical leaf-like effect that contributes substantially to the style of the garment in wear. r

The multifarious style effects shown in the drawings are merely illustrative of forty (40) or more possible style efiects to which one and the of Figs. 1 to 3 lends itself. No particular novelty is claimed for the appearance of the garment in any one of the style 'efiects shown in the drawings, but such effects individually have heretofore been produced only in relatively costly models. For instance, the twin bud embodiment of Fig. 10 has heretofore required separate fabrication of the bud to be stitched to the face of the blouse. This is also true of the bow of the embodiment of Fig. 4. The production of the twisted neck effect of Fig. 6 has involved the special skill of expert designers and skilled operatives and the same is true of many of the other efiects.

It will be understood that the particular pattern of sleeveless, slip-over blouseshown in Fig. 3 is largely illustrative of the invention. The wedge shaped wings maybe incorporated in any of numerous possible styles of blouses of known type including blouses of front closure and back closure, loose-fitting and tight fitting types, with and without sleeves. I V

It is also understood that the garment substantially as shown could'be combined with a skirt in various embodiments of ladies dresses, and

suits.

By'reason of the very wide choice in'the style of wear to which it is so readily adapted, the garment affords a'variety of effects for formal and informal wear that spells economy and the garment by virtue of its versatility is one of which the wearer is not likely soon to tire.

As many changes could be made in the above garment, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown'in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters natent of the United States is: 7

1'.Aladys garment of the character described having a front presenting a V-shaped neckline; a pair of substantially pointed wings unitary with-1,

said front, each wing having a root substantially the entire width of which extendsalong the corresponding side of said V-shaped neckline, said wings being of length such as to admit of tying having a back panel, and a front panel connected at the outer portions of their upper edges, the

intervening portionsof the' -upper edges of said g nomes $2 :panels being unconnected and determinin :a AV-shaped neckline, and agpair of adjacent wedgeshaped elongated wings symmetrically arranged rat'theimidsection of the front 'panel, each wing .having :a root, substantially the entire width of 'whichextends along the corresponding side of said V-shaped neckline, one edge of each of said wings being substantially continuous with and nisingzin the flattened :garmentfromthe center lineof theiront paneland the other edge rising :obliquely from substantially the inner or-neckline end-tofthe corresponding connectionbetween the upper edges of the :panels.

53. ,;A:ladys garment of :the character described, comprising abackpanel, and-a :front panel connected at the outer portions-:of'their upperedges, the intervening portions of the upper edges of :sandipanels being unconnected and determining ;a =V-shaped neckline, the frontpanel having a pair of elongated wedge shaped wings, each wing having a root, substantially the-entire 'width of which extends along the -.corresponding ..side of said -\/-shaped neckline, said roots being connected together-at the vertex of the V-shaped neckline, the inner edges of said-wings rising ver- "tically :in the flattened garment along :the midsection of the fronts'panel and the outer edges of said :wings rising obliquely fromrsubstantially the inner .or neckline end of the corresponding connection 'between ithe upperedges of the panels,

said wings being-of length such as to admit of ityin their'ends together at the back of the neck,

4. A ladys garment ofthecharacter described having a front presenting a V-shaped neckline,

;a pair o'fsubstantially pointedwings unitary with the -front, each wing having a root extending from the vertex ofsaid-trough to the side of the neckyeach of said wings having an inner edge along a zslight ogee curve, said inner edges-extending generally upward from said vertex in substantial juxtaposition when the arment is laid flat, the router edge-of each wingbeing sub- :stantially straight: for'the major part of its length rand having a curved connection near its root end to the side of the neck, said wings being'of lengthsuchas to admit of tying their pointed :ends -.together at the back of the :neck.

5. A lady's garment of the character described, comprising aback panel, and a-front panel having-sleeve-openings therebetween, lines of stitching laterally connecting substantially the height of said panels other than saidsleeve openings, lines of stitching connecting the upper edges of said panels to form shoulder seams, said front panel when extended fiat presenting a pair of wedge shapedwings, each wing having asubstantially vertical ogee curved edge rising from and, bein joined at the mid-section of the front panel and having outer edges rising obliquely ,fromthe :neckend .of the respective shoulder seams and forming an acute angle with the inner upright edge. v

6. A ladys garment of the character described, comprising aback'panekand a-frontpanel having sleeve openings therebetween, said panels being laterally stitched together-along substantially the height thereof other than said sleeve openings and bein iurtherstitched together-at their upper parts to form shoulder seams, the flattened :ex-

tended front panels-each having an upwardlydirected wedge shaped wing, said wings in thevfiat- .tenedextended garment having continuous upright edges rising from the mid-point of the front panel which determines the vertex of .a V ,-.neck, and having ;oblique i-puter edges curved inward from ,the ineckxend of :theresp ectivesshouh der seams and thence :directediobliquely upward to an acute apex with respect .to the correspondinginnernpright edge, theextremities ofitheupright edges of the wedge shaped wings :being nearlymquidistant from the'neck iend of the'corresponding shoulder seam.

'7. The combination recited in claim filin which the :width of the root of .each wing extending from'the inneror-neckendof the shoulder seam to'thevertex'of the v-neckisin the order of one =foot,ith'elengthof the upright edge of each wedge visin-the order of :18 inches and the angletof .the -.V--neck-is about 7 inches below the inner :or: neck end of the shoulder seam.

'-8. The combination recited inclaim 6 in which each wedge shaped wing has aliner-section of the same material as theblouse stitched'to the inner and outeredges oftheentire length ofr-said wedge shaped wing.

9. A lady sgarment of thecharacterdescribed, comprising a one-piece back :panel, affront panel 7 comprising twoidenticalblanks vertically stitched together along their mid-line to the .base up to the neckline of the Mouse, each of said front panels having integral therewith an upstanding wedge shaped wing rising when the garmentis laid fiat, substantially verticallyzalong the=inner edge of said wing from the mid-seam, each'of said wings having an outeroblique edge "at anacute angle with the upright edge and curved routwardly at its rootedge continuous with the-neck end'of the corresponding shoulder seam.

:10. A ladys garment of the characterdescrlbed, comprising a back panel, a pair of bias-cut'front panels stitched together alongthe vertical midlineof-the garment, said garment havinga V-neck line, said vertical mid-line terminating at the vertex of saidneckline, each of said frontzpanels having a :wing unitary therewith, each of .said

wings having its root extending obliquely :Irom the said vertex to the :side of the neckline, the vinneredges of said wings extending substantially upward from said mid-line in juxtaposed.rela- -tionsliip when the ,garment isllaid .flat .upon a .table, the outer edges of said wings being ,substantially straight for the major portion of the length thereof andlmerging .at their root ends with the vsides ..of the .neckline, said outer edges extending at anacute angle with respect tosaid inner edges 'for a pointed tip ofeach wing,.sa.id wings being of length such as to admitof being tied together attheirpointed ends about the back .of the neck.

CHARLOTTE GOLDSTEIN.

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